CSX is the largest rail operator in the Eastern United States; it is also the successor to some historic rail operators including; the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Seaboard Airline, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the New York Central. This puts CSX in a great position because it serves many of America’s largest cities including’ New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Tampa, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Richmond, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Columbus, Boston, and Miami, and 70 ports.

The Indian government would like to get many of the components for Hyperloop including the tubes built locally. That would give the nation a cutting edge industry and put it at the lead of new technologies.

Americans need to ask themselves the question, do they want to lead the transportation revolution or not. If they do not other nations; like Russia, China or Saudi Arabia, will gladly volunteer for the job. America needs to get on the Hyperloop train or forget about global leadership.

AECOM was hired by Musk himself to build the Hyperloop test track at his SpaceX rocket company in Hawthorne, California, The Verge reported. That track will be used to test the winning pods from Musk’s Hyperloop pod design contest.

To add icing to the cake; news reports indicate that AECOM will build the test track for Hyperloop One at the Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada.